Scientist

EHS Support is a specialty environmental consulting firm that provides solutions to complex environmental, health, and safety challenges across a range of market sectors and industries. With experts located throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and South Africa, we form long-lasting partnerships with our clients through a culture of excellence, innovation, work ethic, and integrity. We focus on hiring and retaining talented, motivated people who enjoy collaborating with and delivering value to our clients. Our team does more than identify problems— we provide solutions.

Location: Remote (Northeast or mid-Atlantic region preferred)

Job Overview

ThisScientistopportunityis for a flexible and self-motivated individual that is willing to learn and grow as part of a teamwhileprovidingecologicalexpertiseto projects within the Sediment and Risk Assessment (SRA)and Remediation (REM)service lines at EHS Support.As aScientist, youwill be joining a high-performance team ofrisk assessors, toxicologists,ecologists,scientists,and engineers thatisfocused on providing high-quality technical and strategic solutions to a variety of clients.Your primaryresponsibilitiesin theScientistpositionwill includeassistingwith development ofecologicalassessments, supporting and implementing field-based, environmental investigations, analyzing environmental data in support of investigationobjectives, and engaging in technical writing to report findingsfor routine and complex scenariosunder federal,stateand international programs.

Essential Responsibilities

• Support development ofecologicalassessments under federal, state, and international regulatory programs (including CERCLA and RCRA programs)
• Develop site-specific conceptual exposure models to characterize constituent fate andtransport dynamics and identifyecologicalreceptorsand complete exposure pathways.
• Obtaining, organizing, reviewing, and synthesizing environmental data in an organized and concise manner.
• Analyzing environmental data in support of investigationobjectivesand defineddata qualityobjectives(DQOs)using Microsoft Excel, geographic information systems (GIS), or other programmatic software (e.g.,R,Python).
• Engaging in technical writing to report findings and interpretations of data analysis to support investigationobjectives.
• Communicating (both written and verbal) the findings of data analyses and interpretation to both lay and technical audiences.
• Supporting the preparation ofhigh-quality technical deliverables, reports,presentations,etc.
• Planning and implementing field-based environmental investigations to collectsurface water, sediment, pore water, soil, biological tissue, and/or biological community samples.
• Documenting field observations and recording necessary data to support multi-media field programs.
• Ensuring field work is conductedin accordance withr